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This is the final week for Winter 2015's character poll! And the king and queen remains unchanged. This is Anime Trending's Top Character Poll and here we present you the results for Week 9! Rankings from the previous weeks: Week 4 | Week 5 | Week...

Perfume, the three-member electro-pop group from Hiroshima, Japan, took to the stage for a special performance at the 2015 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Dallas, Texas. The annual event, held this year from March 13-22, always includes a un...

More returning cast confirmed for series premiering April 2 Japanese television station TBS is airing a 30-second commercial for the Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Zoku sequel anime.

Speaking with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata in an "Iwata Asks" interview, Tetsuya Takahashi, executive director of the Xenoblade series, talks about the development of Xenoblade Chronicles for Wii, and what Monolith Soft's goals for the game were.

The official website for Shueisha's Jump J Books label of novels announced on Friday that Konohagakure Hiden, the fourth of six planned Naruto epilogue novels, is scheduled for May 1. The novel will be penned by Shō Hinata (Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan,...

Commercials for 5. 1ch Blu-ray release of both seasons of original series also streamed The official website for the Code Geass: Akito the Exiled anime project unveiled a new TV commercial for the third episode on Friday.

Dengeki G's magazine is back on the March 30th with a second visual for Love Live! School Idol Project follow-up called "SunShine! ! ," and this time, the earlier mystery girl on a beach is joined by her friends.

Yui Horie voices kung fu-loving girl in June 25 spin-off rhythm game Atlus began streaming a new promotional video starring the Persona 4 character Chie Satonaka for its Persona 4: Dancing All Night PlayStation Vita rhythm game on Friday.

KAT-TUN's "KAT-TUN LIVE TOUR 2014 come Here" DVD will be released on April 22. This is from the group's tour from July- December last year. It will be released in Limited 1 and 2 and Regular Edition. Included in all editions is the recorded perfor...

The newest issue of Young King Ours magazine is announcing that the Drifters manga is being adapted into an anime. Drifters is an action / fantasy manga with historical elements from Kouta Hirano, the creator of Hellsing.

StarNinger will finally make his debut on Shuriken Sentai Ninninger this April, and here are some more info about this mysterious cowboy. StarNinger's civilian identity is Kinji Takigawa. He's from America who decided to become a ninja after his e...

MOVIC has opened pre-orders for a plush toy based on Tetsuya #2, Seirin's dog/team mascot in the Kuroko's Basketball anime. This item stands 35cm tall and is tall enough to be considered a life-size representation of the said character.

With the release of its first Blu-ray, Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha is fully uncensored at last, rectifying the horrific lack of uncensored female chests that has long been plaguing the anime industry. Shinmai Maou may not be the first anime to feat...

Spike Chunsoft released the first teaser trailer for Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus, which takes the dungeon-crawling action from Nintendo DS to PS Vita in Japan on June 4. See a bit of the updated version, including some of the new dungeons, in the v...

Kadokawa's official online store has started accepting pre-orders for the limited edition of the upcoming 9th volume of Puyo's Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoshitsu/The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan manga to be published on October 26.

'Naruto' Spinoff Manga Gets Debut Date Posted by Chris Beveridge March 26, 2015 at 06:24 PM While the main Naruto manga finished last year, there's still more material coming as one might expect. What we're getting though is a bit of a miniseries ...

Here's a clip coming from the Kamen Rider Drive Secret Mission: Type High Speed DVD, which features Drive transforming into Drive Type High Speed. The special subtitled, "True Power! Typer High Speed is Born!

Scoreboard: Scoreboard B- ProsConsInteresting idea and characters (both heroes and villains), good potential for story. Frustratingly haphazard pacing really screwed the overall story up for me. Review: I came into the Winter 2015 season hearing a...

You've seen the Dead or Alive girls get their clothes ripped off with Dead or Alive 5: Last Round's new Senran Kagura costume DLC, and now, the collaboration between DOA and Senran Kagura continues with a brand new DLC, this time for the latest Se...

With Tokyo Ghoul √A having ended today in Japan, fans are now without more of this particularly fun world that they've been drawn into. But the final episode has provided a bit more for fans to look forward to as an OVA is being planned for the pr...

Joining Sakura Trick and the recent Gourmet Girl Graffiti, the next seinen cute girl comedy from Manga Time Kirara Miracle! is Ayumu Kasuga's (I'm Gonna be the Twin-Tails! ! ) Joukamachi no Dandelion. In it, a royal, superpowered family of eleven ...

Yesterday, Konami gave a statement via the Japanese Metal Gear Twitter account to attempt to clear the air on what's going on with Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions. As Kotaku previously reported, the Kojima Productions brand has been dissolved ...

Below is a new trailer for Rodea The Sky Soldier, another game I'm looking forward to for the Nintendo 3DS. If you can still remember, this game was almost in development hell in so many years, before being re-announced last year, and now coming o...

It is officially confirmed today that the special edition of the upcoming eighth volume of Uran's erotic comedy manga Mujyaki no Rakuen/Paradise of Innocence will bundle a DVD with a newly-produced anime episode.

Suzuko Mimori (三森すずこ) is getting ready to release 2nd album Fantastic Funfair and unveiled jacket covers, bonuses, and a preview music video for new song Wonderland Love. The amusement park themed album includes 3 previously released songs plus 8 ...

Following the 30-second teaser in January, the official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Ken Wakui's Shinjuku Swan: Kabukicho Scout Survival manga has posted a 90-second full trailer which introduces the incert song "Collide...

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